A Story Idea Each Day for a Week — Day 23

Okay, this sounds like a cool new technology:

Imagine instant access to the latest market segment information at a meeting, or seeing the fourth quarter earnings for a company in (literally) the blink of an eye.

Although it might sound like something from a science fiction novel, scientists at the University of Washington are working on solar powered contact lenses with transparent LEDs embedded onto the lens. This technology could be applied in countless ways, from health monitoring to text translation right in front of the wearer’s eyes.

Since the Assisted Living Contact Lens was conceived, a slough of new Smart Phones have engendered a populace absorbed in palm-sized screens and created a widespread desire for on-demand information. In today’s context, a Smart Lens sounds more convenient than creepy. Personally, I have a terrible memory for names. I might appreciate a contact lens that could provide labels over people’s heads when I walked into a room.

But what if…

…the information encoded on your ‘living’ contacts is top secret, stolen from a government or private business, and now agents are out to get the info back.

…or the ‘living’ contacts enable you to ‘read’ the inner thoughts of people with whom you interact.

…or the contacts suck information from your brain, part of a plan to gain control of the minds of people everywhere.

If the contacts are permanent or cornea implants and you can’t rid of them…

What would you do?

What ‘what if’ scenarios can you come up with for ‘living’ contacts?

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